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Lost Dog Flees Foster Home and Swims 100 Miles Before Rescue At Sea

Lost Dog Flees Foster Home and Swims 100 Miles Before Rescue At Sea

She cleared an eight-foot fence. She vanished into the wild. For 36 days, no one could catch her. Then she swam a mile through open water—alone—only to be found clinging...

Lost Dog Flees Foster Home and Swims 100 Miles Before Rescue At Sea

She cleared an eight-foot fence. She vanished into the wild. For 36 days, no one could catch her. Then she swam a mile through open water—alone—only to be found clinging...

Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever

Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever

In once-frigid fjords and along warming coastlines, seaweed forests are rapidly expanding. These underwater ecosystems are now reshaping not only local habitats but the very chemistry of the ocean.

Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever

In once-frigid fjords and along warming coastlines, seaweed forests are rapidly expanding. These underwater ecosystems are now reshaping not only local habitats but the very chemistry of the ocean.

Dilly Dally the Amputee Sea Turtle Defies Odds and Swims Back to the Wild

Dilly Dally the Amputee Sea Turtle Defies Odds and Swims Back to the Wild

Against all odds, a young loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally just made her way back into the Atlantic—with only three flippers.

Dilly Dally the Amputee Sea Turtle Defies Odds and Swims Back to the Wild

Against all odds, a young loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally just made her way back into the Atlantic—with only three flippers.

Penguin Poop Can Help Form Clouds, Possibly Cooling Temperatures

Penguin Poop Can Help Form Clouds, Possibly Cooling Temperatures

Penguins leave a lot of poop in their wake, and it emits a gas that helps with cloud formation.

Penguin Poop Can Help Form Clouds, Possibly Cooling Temperatures

Penguins leave a lot of poop in their wake, and it emits a gas that helps with cloud formation.

How Dinosaur Fossils May Help with Present-Day Cancer Breakthroughs

How Dinosaur Fossils May Help with Present-Day Cancer Breakthroughs

New research shows that when there's any tissue left, it could help us better understand cancer.

How Dinosaur Fossils May Help with Present-Day Cancer Breakthroughs

New research shows that when there's any tissue left, it could help us better understand cancer.

Otters Are Being Ripped From the Wild to Fuel Japan’s Café Craze

Otters Are Being Ripped From the Wild to Fuel Japan’s Café Craze

They squeal, they squirm, and they’re wildly popular on TikTok—but those otters in Japanese cafés didn’t get there by chance.

Otters Are Being Ripped From the Wild to Fuel Japan’s Café Craze

They squeal, they squirm, and they’re wildly popular on TikTok—but those otters in Japanese cafés didn’t get there by chance.